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Ellen Hollifield rides FRC Breezalita Lace during the auction portion of the 15thannual Feather River College Production Horse Sale. Lace went for $10,700, making her the top-selling horse of the sale, much to the excitement of her hardworking student trainer. Photo by Carolyn Carter

Extreme Rescue Makeover pairs needy horses with talented trainers and loving owners.

  These were Cinderella horses: unwanted, unhandledand, for the most part, unpedigreed. Their situations ranged from less than ideal to deplorable; some were days away from slaughter.

    On Sunday, May 26, these same horses and the trainers who rehabilitated them will demonstrate what a throwaway horse can do, given the chance. The first place trainer takes home a $5,000 cash prize. The winning horse, and its fellow equine competitors, graduate to forever homes — complete with love, care and very likely lots of carrots.

  “In a cooperative effort to provide public service for the boating public and free boat safety inspections and boating safety and invasive species education, the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with a number of agencies to bring Operation Safe Boat to Lake Almanor May 25,” Sheriff Greg Hagwood said May 17.

  For many years now, the Plumas County Picnic has been associated with the Sierra Cascade Street Rodders’ show and shine. The 2013 version of the picnic is no different. However, this year will feature a new, and hopefully annual, attraction: the Plumas County Picnic Swap Meet.

  Plumas County may soon have a new department — the Department of Emergency Management and Environmental Health.

  “This would be catching up the administrative structure with the day-to-day reality,” Jerry Sipe told the Board of Supervisors during its May 14 meeting.